Charles Mingus / Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um
1959

Personnel   

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – John Handy Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Shafi Hadi Bass, Composed By – Charles Mingus Drums – Dannie Richmond Piano – Horace Parlan Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin Trombone – Jimmy Knepper (tracks: A1, B1 to B4), Willie Dennis (tracks: A2 to A5)

Track listing   
A1 Better Git It In Your Soul 0:00 A2 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 7:18 A3 Boogie Stop Shuffle 12:59 A4 Self-Portrait In Three Colors 17:56 A5 Open Letter To Duke 21:02 B1 Bird Calls 26:50 B2 Fables Of Faubus 33:04 B3 Pussy Cat Dues 41:15 B4 Jelly Roll 50:25



Recorded at 30th Street Studio, NYC. May 5, 1959 (A1, B1-B4) / May 12, 1959 (A2-A5). Photography By – Herb Snitzer Producer – Teo Macero